"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in news:u9gRf.503293$0l5.338643
@dukeread06:

Am I on the right track there?



You guys need to stop screwin' around with coolers and get out those
sanders and paintbrushes! It's SPRINGTIME and you got WORK to do!

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
news:EIjRf.503527$0l5.151919@dukeread06:

The funny thing is Practical Sailor did a similar test a few issues
back with the boxes side by side and the $68 Coleman beat the $450
Frigid Rigid.
:-)


I want you to add one more cooler to the test......

Go down to the dollar stores and buy the biggest cheap styrofoam cooler,
the one that just styrofoam and $6 you can find.

Test it to and it'll wipe the nose of all the others....(c;

Floats, too, even fulla beer!...(c;

"David" wrote in news:4415dc43$1_3
@news.chariot.net.au:

You have to much time on your hands LOL
Lushy from AU


And every bloke from Oz would be standing there to watch it, too!...(c;

Practical Sailor did this and reported on the results for the Dec 1,
'05 issue.

See: http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5211-1.html

for a brief synopsis.

You'll be happy to know that the Coleman 'Ultimate Extreme Marine' was
the Best Buy winner.

MW

That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think I
got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a close
second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred bucks riding
on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to equal to
theirs.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

wrote in message
oups.com...
Practical Sailor did this and reported on the results for the Dec 1,
'05 issue.

See: http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5211-1.html

for a brief synopsis.

You'll be happy to know that the Coleman 'Ultimate Extreme Marine' was
the Best Buy winner.

MW

It seems to me that you need to pre-cool the units if you want it to be a
straightforward test of thermal retention.

Load them all with ice the night before the contest and then clean them out
and reload with ice for the measuring of the melt rate.

If you don't do that, a unit with better insulation, but a higher thermal mass
might appear to lose because of ice melted to cool the unit down.

In article 26pRf.503838$0l5.167922@dukeread06, "Glenn Ashmore"
wrote:
That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think I
got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a close
second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred bucks riding
on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to equal to
theirs.

An engineer, accountant and, of course a lawyer are in their hunting
lodge after a day in the bush. The engineer says my dog is smarter than
your dogs. He proceeds to dump a bag of dog biscuits on the floor and
says "Sliderule build me a cantilever bridge". The dog dutifully moves
the biscuits into a perfect example.
The accountant mixes up the biscuits and tells his dog "Ledger, give me
a trial balance", whereupon the dog manouevers the biscuits into an
auditor's dream of perfection.
The lawyer laughs and says to his dog, Suppaeny" show them howit's
done". He smiles, copulates with each dog and then eats all the
biscuits.
This is the kind of contest you are in.

At last! An intelligent discussion about a worthy subject. Thanks guys!

Rusty O

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in message
news:26pRf.503838$0l5.167922@dukeread06...
That is what started the whole debate. When I mentioned that test I think
I got their testosterone in an uproar. :-) The $450 Frigid Rigid was a
close second and the Icy-Tek came in a distant 6th. I got a hundred
bucks riding on the outcome and win as long as my cooler is even close to
equal to theirs.

--
Glenn Ashmore

I'm building a 45' cutter in strip/composite. Watch my progress (or lack
there of) at: http://www.rutuonline.com
Shameless Commercial Division: http://www.spade-anchor-us.com

wrote in message
oups.com...
Practical Sailor did this and reported on the results for the Dec 1,
'05 issue.

See: http://www.practical-sailor.com/pub/...es/5211-1.html

for a brief synopsis.

You'll be happy to know that the Coleman 'Ultimate Extreme Marine' was
the Best Buy winner.

MW

Larry wrote:

"Glenn Ashmore" wrote in
I want you to add one more cooler to the test......

Go down to the dollar stores and buy the biggest cheap styrofoam cooler,
the one that just styrofoam and $6 you can find.

Test it to and it'll wipe the nose of all the others....(c;

Floats, too, even fulla beer!...(c;


And they can make a interesting fiberglass practice project.

This is a good sanity check for anyone thinking of building a
fiberglass airplane. (sorta also applies to glass boats?)

If you can make a nice looking glass cooler, you might be able
to build a nice airplane - or boat.
Otherwise, do something else.

Ultimate Beer Cooler Project:

Select a cheap Styrofoam cooler.

Using 5 ounce BID, and epoxy resin (!), glass micro balloons, and
chopper cotton fiber --- cover the cooler.

Plan on 4 layers on the bottom, 3 on the out sides, and 2 insides
and 4 on the floor(!). 1" overlaps typical.

2 layers BID on the lid.

Don't forget to prep the lid / cooler clearances!

Probably easier to take some off of the bottom of lid than to attack
the inside edge of the cooler. Lay some extra glass tape along the
contact area of the lid. Sand for a tight fit when it's all solid.

If you just happen to have some of that neato looking carbon fiber tape
handy, add a wrap around the cooler during the lay-up.

- and - presto -

the World's First
Carbon Fiber Reinforced
Beer Cooler!


In the end, if it looks nice and weighs less than 10 pounds?

If the wife points it out, "can you believe HE made that?".

If you didn't break out in hives, or scratch rashes.

And found you are allergic to latex (nitryl gloves).


It's almost kinda fun.

sorta...

JimH wrote:

"BF" wrote in message
...

Seems an awful lot of effort to prove nothing in particular.
A much more meaningful test would be to buy 3 cases of beer and three
nearly
identical blocks of ice. Put one case of beer and one block of ice in each
cooler. Last man conscious wins.
Doesn't prove anything more but is a lot more enjoyable/
BF




Tada! Give that man a ceegar!

It started to sound like.....how many boaters does it take to purchase a
cooler..... ;-)




Dry Ice.

A buck a block at the local grocery store.

A block of dry, a bag of wet, and - more beer!